Tool Test: Gramercy Tools Improves Veneer Saw Design

The traditional English-style veneer saw with its cranked handle is probably more familiar to U.S. woodworkers than is the traditional French-style saw with its handle directly atop the blade. The latter was unfamiliar to me until I picked up this new saw by Gramercy Tools. I then learned the Brooklyn-based toolmaker added a significant new feature: a solid steel 3⁄16″-thick backer plate to which the blade is secured.

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